Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Amos 6:7
Verse Amos 6:7. With the first that go captive] The house of Israel shall be carried into captivity before the house of Judah.
Verse Amos 6:7. With the first that go captive] The house of Israel shall be carried into captivity before the house of Judah.
THEREFORE NOW (THAT IS, SHORTLY) SHALL THEY GO CAPTIVE WITH THE FIRST (AT THE HEAD) OF THOSE WHO GO CAPTIVE - They had sought eminence; they should have it. Jerome: “Ye who are first in riches, shall,...
CHAPTER 6 The Fourth Discourse _ 1. Woe to them that are at ease in Zion (Amos 6:1) _ 2. The punishment announced (Amos 6:7) Amos 6:1. This woe concerns the great men, the chiefs of the nation, who...
THE LUXURY OF ISRAEL'S RULERS. Extravagance in ritual often indicates a perverted sense of what constitutes a true philosophy of life. The price of luxury is far greater than men realise. The prophet...
The sentence. These nobles will indeed retain their preeminence, but it will be at the head of a procession of exiles. _Therefore now_ i.e. as soon as the threatened disaster has arrived. _shall the...
The luxury and indifference of the leaders of the nation....
_EVIL IS STRONGLY CONDEMNED -- AMOS 6:5-7:_ God told the people, "You sing foolish songs to the music of harps." He also said, "Like David they invent for themselves instruments of music." This verse...
AND THE BANQUET, &C.— _And the mirth,_ &c. But Houbigant reads it, _And the noise of the luxurious shall be taken away._...
RIGHTEOUSNESS DEMANDS REPENTANCELUXURY LEADS TO INDOLENCE TEXT: Amos 6:1-8 1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chi...
Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. THEREFORE NOW SHALL THEY GO CAPTIVE WITH THE FIRST THAT GO CA...
6:7 captive, (g-12) Lit. 'at the head of the captives'...
THE FOURTH ADDRESS 1-3. False security of Judah and Israel. 4-6. Carelessness and luxury. 7-11. Captivity, siege, death, ruin. 12, 13. Preposterous errors. 14. The coming of the avenger. 1, 2. Re...
THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD AMOS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 6 GOD WILL CAUSE THE GOOD TIMES IN ISRAEL TO END V1 Oh, it will be very bad for you people in *Zion. You do not think t...
(7)_ Therefore_ (as a punishment for this self-indulgence) _they shall go into captivity at the head of the captives, and the shout of the loungers_ (rioting in their banquets) _shall cease._ All thei...
לָכֵ֛ן עַתָּ֥ה יִגְל֖וּ בְּ רֹ֣אשׁ גֹּלִ֑ים ו
3. "AT EASE IN ZION" Amos 6:1 The evil of the national worship was the false political confidence which it engendered. Leaving the ritual alone, Amos now proceeds to assault this confidence. We are t...
“WOE TO THEM THAT ARE AT EASE IN ZION!” Amos 6:1-14 Zion is included with Samaria in this prophecy and the nobles are especially condemned for their drunkenness, gluttony, and insolence. The prophet...
From the formalists the prophet turned toward those who had lost all sense of the spiritual and the moral, and were indifferent, those were ''at ease in Zion," and "secure upon the mountains of Samari...
Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the (g) banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. (g) Some read "the sorrow of them that stretched themselves...
_Luxurious. Hebrew, "the feast of those who stretch themselves out, shall," &c. Septuagint, "the neighing shall be removed from Ephraim." His lusts shall be punished, Jeremias v. 8. --- Some translate...
Probably the captivity here spoken of, in the first sense, had a reference to the Babylonish captivity. But I humbly conceive it had respect to another of an higher nature in a spiritual sense. But, R...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. "The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the...
We now then understand the full meaning of the Prophet; and hence he says, _They shall emigrate at the head of the emigrants, _that is, “when there shall be an emigration, they shall be the first in o...
Chapter 6 dwells upon the false confidence that deceived the heads of Israel. A similar judgment to that of Calneh and Hamath might fall upon Israel. Their chief men gave themselves up to luxury, as t...
THEREFORE NOW SHALL THEY GO CAPTIVE WITH THE FIRST THAT GO CAPTIVE,.... That is, these men, who were the first and chief in the nation, who would not believe the day of Israel's captivity would ever c...
Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. Ver. 7. _Therefore now shall they go captive with the first_] H...
_Therefore now shall they go captive with the first_, &c. As they were reckoned the first among the people, and claimed the preference in every thing, so now shall they be the first that shall be carr...
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE KINGDOM FORETOLD...
Therefore now shall they, those who indulged themselves in this manner while their country was getting ready for dissolution, GO CAPTIVE WITH THE FIRST THAT GO CAPTIVE, this being said in bitter irony...
1-7 Those are looked upon as doing well for themselves, who do well for their bodies; but we are here told what their ease is, and what their woe is. Here is a description of the pride, security, and...
THEREFORE; for this sin of unseasonable feasting added to all former sins; much like that ISAIAH 22:14. NOW SHALL THEY GO CAPTIVE, who ruled others, and whose character you have AMOS 6:1, &c., who put...
Amos 6:7 captive H1540 (H8799) first H7218 captives H1540 (H8802) recline H5628 (H8803) banquets H4797 removed...
THE SECOND WOE ON THOSE WHO COMPLACENTLY RELAXED, DEPENDING ON YHWH'S PROTECTION, WHILE THEY ALSO TOTALLY IGNORED HIS REQUIREMENTS (AMOS 6:1). While Amos's mission was to Israel he never overlooked th...
Amos was a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit. His words are rugged, but sometimes he rises to sublimity. His expressions are somewhat dark, and not readily to be understood; but when we learn...
CONTENTS: Woe pronounced upon those at ease in sin abandoned by God. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Many are puffed up and rocked to sleep in carnal security by the position they occupy in the...
Amos 6:1. _The mountain of Samaria._ This city was built on a hill, like Zion, to make it impregnable. See note on Isaiah 28:1. Amos 6:2. _Calneh,_ or Ctesiphon. It was situate almost opposite Seleuci...
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 6:4 Instead of grieving over their sins, the wealthy Israelites were treating themselves to the very best of life’s pleasures. It was these people whom the Assyrians would take first...
CRITICAL NOTES.] AMOS 6:7. HEAD] Chiefs in transgression must be _first_ in the procession to captivity. BANQUET] Lit. making merry with shouts. AMOS 6:8. SWORN] “Like ch. Amos 4:2, except that it is...
EXPOSITION AMOS 6:1 With a second woe the prophet denounces the chiefs of the whole nation, who were quite satisfied with the present state of things, and, revelling in luxury, feared no coming judg...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Amos chapter 6. The Northern Kingdom of Israel has become apostate. They are living in luxury, carelessness, indifference towards God, when suddenly their peace is distu...
1 Kings 20:16; Amos 5:27; Amos 5:5; Amos 7:11; Daniel 5:4;...
The banquet — The feastings of voluptuous ones shall cease....